[solaris]

Interesting article about the decline of the music sales throughout the last 8 years:

http://www.rollingstone.com/news/sto..._decline/print

Nice to get a confirmation of what we already knew: not giving your customers the opportunity to buy what they want is a bad sales strategy - suing them an even worse one.

solaris

[stlsportster]

Wow, great article. Hindsight is 20/20 and I don't feel bad for these guys being shortsighted.

There are many business where the management does not change the business model to keep up with a change (economic, legislative, technilogical, etc) and they have all died. In the mean time, others have re-written themselves and thrived.

Darwinism at its best...adapt...or die !

[lustatt]

Good article. Most telling is the fact that use of the “product” has dramatically gone up whilst revenue is strongly in decline. If that doesn’t tell you that your business model is wrong then god knows what would.

In a growing market the core players are losing share. In any other industry that’s a cash cow – simply being in the market lets you ride the wave up.

It will be fascinating to see the next stage of evolution as I don’t think the aomp3 model will be sustainable long term as it relies on its product being generated from the studio cartel and if they dwindle then the market is totally fragmented.

[Cornutopian]

Originally Posted by lustatt

Good article. Most telling is the fact that use of the “product” has dramatically gone up whilst revenue is strongly in decline. If that doesn’t tell you that your business model is wrong then god knows what would.

In a growing market the core players are losing share. In any other industry that’s a cash cow – simply being in the market lets you ride the wave up.

It will be fascinating to see the next stage of evolution as I don’t think the aomp3 model will be sustainable long term as it relies on its product being generated from the studio cartel and if they dwindle then the market is totally fragmented.

But see, that is part of the change. The studios are irrelevant now, because you don't need tons of expensive equipment to produce a "professional" recording, and you don't need manufacturing, and you don't need a huge marketing and distribution network behind you. The studios are irrelevant. Musicians can do it all themselves now, or maybe have one or two guys on their management team who do it for them. They don't NEED a studio. The studios are dead for sure, but the AOMP3 model may well be the blueprint for distribution for the next 50 years.

[RedSmurf]

Originally Posted by lustatt

It will be fascinating to see the next stage of evolution as I don’t think the aomp3 model will be sustainable long term as it relies on its product being generated from the studio cartel and if they dwindle then the market is totally fragmented.

Not necessarily. AOM3 gathers music from everywhere, it doesn't matter whether 80% of the music comes from 4 big labels, or 100% of the music comes from hundreds of tiny labels.

[Nightfly]

Originally Posted by RedSmurf

Not necessarily. AOM3 gathers music from everywhere, it doesn't matter whether 80% of the music comes from 4 big labels, or 100% of the music comes from hundreds of tiny labels.

Yes there's a great deal of music out there ..the independent labels are
growing at a tremendous growth rate..(what a surprise) as the big labels
decline..as a customer of Emusic who caters to the independent
labels the amount of new releases in all genres is amazing..Allofmp3
(or should I say Mp3sparks) has picked up on this because I see many similar cross releases..
This is a very good thing.......for us.

Nightfly

[sloday10]

Originally Posted by Nightfly

Yes there's a great deal of music out there ..the independent labels are
growing at a tremendous growth rate..(what a surprise) as the big labels
decline..as a customer of Emusic who caters to the independent
labels the amount of new releases in all genres is amazing..Allofmp3
(or should I say Mp3sparks) has picked up on this because I see many similar cross releases..
This is a very good thing.......for us.

Nightfly

I have an account with Emusic. Great site. Not my favorite format (192 VBR), but they have a great collection of hard to find music that you can't find on Mp3Sparks.

Hard to feel sorry for the labels...they really did themselves in.

SloDay10

[Nightfly]

Originally Posted by sloday10

I have an account with Emusic. Great site. Not my favorite format (192 VBR), but they have a great collection of hard to find music that you can't find on Mp3Sparks.

Hard to feel sorry for the labels...they really did themselves in.

SloDay10

Hi..sloday ..Yes I still love Emusic ...all the hard to find Blues Jazz Indie/Rock
and International(Reggae,Africa,Latin)catalog is very deep and yes Classical (which I must say Mp3sparks is making a real push in this area which makes
me personally happy)Emusic downloads are of consistent quality and is generally a class act..now if we could take Mp3sparks and Emusic and marry
their catalogs and models and they were accessible for all, at a reasonable price.. For me a marriage made in heaven....oh excuse me.... I was just
day dreaming there for a min..
Well the people have spoken, and all the big labels have to do now........ is listen.
Take care,
Nightfly